Women, Peace and Security Index

[1] The index is widely used to compare countries as well as their development trends over time.

[2][3][4] The index is published by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security with support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The researchers use a total of 13 indicators, spanning from employment and education regulations to perceptions of violence and safety.

[5] The index takes into account proximity to armed conflict, financial inclusion, share of parliamentary seats, and other parameters.

These correlations demonstrate that when women are doing well in a society, it is also more peaceful, democratic, and prosperous.

The WPS score is a more consistent predictor of these features than a country's GDP, indicating that women's rights and gender equality are integral to a country's state.

The index also gives insight into specific domains in which every country can improve.

Security is defined as being at the individual, community, and societal levels.

This edition of the WPS also added subnational reports for three of the most populous countries (China, India, and Nigeria) to reflect diversity within each.

General trends across all countries showed that all three dimensions improved from the 2017/2018 report.

However, on individual indicators such as parliamentary representation and employment, progress had stalled.